by Jeff Price | Jan 6, 2010 | Aviation Security, Christmas Day Bomber, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Current Affairs, The Role of Government
Ask virtually anyone on the street “who is responsible for airline security,” and the answer will most likely be, “TSA.” Unfortunately, it’s not that simple and could mean that airlines will have to pay more and take on more security...
by Jeff Price | Jan 5, 2010 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Current Affairs
Finally, nine years after 9/11 and people are starting to understand the real economic impact of security. Today, CBS news reported that a 2008 survey showed that 41 million trips were avoided due to security hassles resulting in a cost of $28 billion to the U.S....
by Jeff Price | Jan 2, 2010 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs
Absurd: wildly unreasonable, illogical or inappropriate. Pick one of these descriptors and they all apply to the recent news about Erroll Southers, President Obama’s appointee to head TSA. So now some information has come out about Erroll Southers and that he...
by Jeff Price | Dec 29, 2009 | Aviation Security, Christmas Day Bomber, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Commercial Aviation Airport Security, Crime and Terrorism, Existing and Emerging Threats
As more and more news reports begin to come out about this incident, along with the inevitable “what needs fixing,” stories, let’s take a look at what really needs fixing. The No-Fly and TIDE List TIDE is the Terrorist Identities Datamart...
by Jeff Price | Dec 26, 2009 | Aviation Security, Christmas Day Bomber, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Existing and Emerging Threats
The attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 brings aviation security back to center stage. The attempt of course brings many questions back to the forefront about aviation security, questions I have addressed in this blog previously. So, let’s use an...
by Jeff Price | Nov 17, 2009 | Aviation Security, Uncategorized
Normally, I wouldn’t bother to address a media report that is obviously unbalanced and done just to evoke fear and ratings. However, sometimes you have to raise the nonsense flag, particularly when things are so skewed that they demand correction. Recently, Fox...
by Jeff Price | Sep 15, 2009 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism
Whenever there is a security incident, it compels us to evaluate our existing tactics and strategies. Recently, the hijacking in Mexico, which turned out to be one man bluffing about a bomb and claiming that he and the Holy Trinity were hijacking the plane to warn of...
by Jeff Price | Sep 9, 2009 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism
The recent hijacking in Mexico let’s us know that it is still possible to hijack an aircraft. In fact, there have been a few attempted hijackings each year since 9/11, but we rarely hear about them. Plus, no attempts in the U.S. since 9/11 that were valid. But,...
by Jeff Price | Jun 23, 2009 | Aviation Security, Introduction to Screening
Clear, the company that developed the Registered Traveler program in the U.S. announced today that it is ceasing operations. All Clear lanes are shutting down effective immediately. Here was the message sent to Clear users: “At 11:00 pm PST today, Clear will...
by Jeff Price | Jun 19, 2009 | Aviation Security, General Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, General Aviation Airport Security
The Office of the Inspector General released it’s report on TSA’s Role in General Aviation Security (click here for copy). In it, the Inspector General noted that the terrorism threat posed by general aviation aircraft is “limited and mostly...
